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Hundreds of schools and communities at risk from floods, landslides
80,000 homes, along with fire stations, airports, energy infrastructure, and marae are also at risk from coastal inundation. Audio
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Families panic as government slashes school bus routes
11 Nov 2024The Detail - The Ministry of Education has cancelled 39 rural bus routes. Parents say it will leave hundreds of students unable to get to school.
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2km move means no mail amid NZ Post stoush
11 Nov 2024Gary Phillips had "no problem" with his mail for years. Now that he's moved house from one side of the motorway to the other, there's nothing. Audio
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Main highway still shut after deluges, slips, evacuations and floods
11 Nov 2024With the main tourist route to Fox Glacier closed, a lodge owner has seen more than half of her bookings for one day disappear. Audio
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Two teens critically injured as car fleeing police crashes
11 Nov 2024Police said one stolen vehicle came to a stop but a second crashed.
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Stalking law: 'Shouldn't be up to victims to prove they were scared'
A victim advocate says proposed stalking legislation is a good start but she'd like to see some tweaks. Audio
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Abuse in care survivors uneasy ahead of apology
11 Nov 2024A man forced, as a teen, to dig his own grave at gunpoint says any apology without financial compensation is "disingenuous". Audio
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Has New Zealand reached peak financial hardship?
11 Nov 2024We may be seeing the early signs of improvement in household finances. Audio
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Auckland business owners devastated by 96-day rail shutdown
One says they should have been given early notice because now they have pre-ordered stock in hopes of a busy summer. Audio
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Hoteliers keeping the bed tax dream alive
Momentum is growing for a national bed tax that could see people paying extra to help cover tourism-related costs. Audio
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All creatures great and small: The zoo hospital helping native wildlife
8 Nov 2024Country Life goes inside Wellington Zoo's animal hospital, Te Kōhanga, where they help rehabilitate native birds ready for release back into the wild.
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Nitrogen: Friend or foe?
8 Nov 2024Scientists look at the details underpinning nitrogen and its use in agriculture and horticulture and its impacts on the environment
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Paperwork, cost of safe water plans 'tipping some principals over the edge'
Rural schools say they're disproportionately affected by new water rules which take a huge amount of time and money to comply with.
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Kapa haka and Dalvanius Prime championed in new exhibitions
8 Nov 2024The power of kapa haka and a celebration of one of Aotearoa's most revered songwriters are the focus of two exhibitions in New Plymouth.
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Death of last surviving member of Māori Battalion a tragedy
8 Nov 2024Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, known as "Bom" or "Koro Bom" to his whānau, died yesterday aged 99. Audio
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'A remarkable man': Last surviving member of Māori Battalion has died
7 Nov 2024Sir Robert Gillies died on Thursday at the age of 99.
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Concern 'no Māori with moko' used in DIA facial recognition test
11 Nov 2024The official test cleared the system of significant racial bias.
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Kotahitanga for Te Tiriti: Diverse voices unite against Treaty Principles Bill
7 Nov 2024Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti stood united to "protect the integrity of Te Tiriti o Waitangi", calling on the coalition government to "kill the bill."
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Parihaka: Remembering a legacy of peaceful resistance
5 Nov 2024Today marks 143 years since the invasion of the once-thriving Taranaki settlement led by Māori rangatira, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi.
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Road worker threatened with firearm, police investigating
11 Nov 2024Police said someone in a vehicle pointed a gun at a worker before fleeing the scene.
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Whangārei hapū in court to stop subdivision - again
11 Nov 2024In 1996, they won a ruling that said land next to Onoke Pā is sacred. Now they're back in court in a real-life version of Groundhog Day.
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Three critical after two Auckland crashes
11 Nov 2024One crash was on SH16 near Kumeu, the other in Wiri.
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Live Aid a response of 'disgust, rage, anger, shame and horror'
11 Nov 2024The rock legend behind Band Aid and Live Aid is looking forward to heading to our shores early next year for shows celebrating his life. Video, Audio
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Man dies after police interaction at Auckland City Mission site
10 Nov 2024After officers arrived to speak to the man, he fell and "suffered a serious head injury", acting superintendent says.
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